Lorraine Kelly and Queen Camilla discuss how reading can help people out of homelessness

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/lorraine-kelly-queen-camilla-discuss-37277579

Rising cost of living 'taken a toll' as quarter of Scots have poor mental heath

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/rising-cost-living-taken-toll-37277234

These teens filled a locker of free feminine products
These Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School students started the Pink Lock Project, filling a locker with free feminine hygiene products.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7229118?cmp=rss

Surely the technical term ‘charity’ needs to be revisited? From Tufton St organisations to these ones supporting unlawful settlements in the West Bank (and I am sure other examples will be provided) It is getting beyond a joke.

‘Labour’s Melanie Ward said that if gift aid were claimed against the donations in the usual way, it would mean taxpayers had subsidised illegal settlements to the tune of £5.6m, a situation she described as deplorable. ‘

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/charities-in-england-and-wales-donate-millions-to-israeli-settlements

#Charity #WestBank

Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’

MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28m

The Guardian

Lanarkshire dad and Iraq veteran taking on abseil challenge for Armed Forces charity

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/lanarkshire-dad-iraq-veteran-taking-37273624

#museum #local #charity

We are grateful to all our #volunteers for the time and effort they put into helping the museum. This is Roy, in his own words:

"I first read Bevis at Sanford Street School back in the 1950s and was enchanted by it.

Then around 20 years ago on a rainy day in winter I found the museum was open and went in and bought another copy of Bevis.

Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’

MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28m

The Guardian

Schoolgirl with severe Tourette's inspired by I Swear to fund treatment not on NHS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/schoolgirl-severe-tourettes-inspired-swear-37268717